Where does Soft Machines Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soft Machines Inc. ranks #17,212 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Soft Machines Inc. hold?

Soft Machines Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Soft Machines Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Soft Machines Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Soft Machines Inc. focus on?

Soft Machines Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 17 patents, ranking #2,375 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Soft Machines Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soft Machines Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Soft Machines Inc.'s patents?

Soft Machines Inc.'s patents average 20.2 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Soft Machines Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Soft Machines Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Soft ranks #17,212 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 2 technology areas.

#17,212
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17212 · US Corporation #17,212 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,212/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sica S P A
CPC-NARROW G06F · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sica S.P.A. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Soft’s 27.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.0 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Soft Machines · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soft's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (23rd percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Soft?

Each dot is one of Soft’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Soft’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Soft vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Soft's grants concentrate

Soft Machines Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Soft sits between Sica S.P.A. and Sortera Technologies, Inc..

Sica S P A

17
SIG Services

17
Silex Microsystem…

17
Sipco

17
Solar Junction

17
Solarlab Aiko Eur…

17
Solco Biomedical

17
Sortera

17
Soft Machines ◀

17

What this shows Soft holds 17 patents at rank #17,178, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soft

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,178 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Soft's primary technology class.

Soft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Soft Machines Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	10	58.8%
2017	4	23.5%

Which technologies does Soft Machines Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Soft Machines Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soft Machines Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #17,212 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soft Machines Inc. against Sica S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.